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n. One who desponds. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Equi- + ponderance: cf. F. équipondérance. ] Equality of weight; equipoise. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. équipondérant. ] Being of the same weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

A column of air . . . equiponderant to a column of quicksilver. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make equal in weight; to counterbalance. “More than equiponderated the declension in that direction.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Equi- + L. ponderare to weigh. See Ponderate. ] To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Equi- + L. pondus, ponderis, weight. ] Having equal weight. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. impondérabilité. ] The quality or state of being imponderable; imponderableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + ponderable: cf. F. impondérable. ] Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile fluids destitute of weight but in modern science little used. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being imponderable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Imponderable. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. -- Im*pon"der*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

a. Too heavy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pondered p. pr. & vb. n. Pondering. ] [ L. ponderare, fr. pondus, ponderis, a weight, fr. pendere to weigh: cf. F. pondérer. See Pendant, and cf. Pound a weight. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To weigh. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ponder the path of thy feet. Prov. iv. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To Ponder, Consider, Muse. To consider means to view or contemplate with fixed thought. To ponder is to dwell upon with long and anxious attention, with a view to some practical result or decision. To muse is simply to think upon continuously with no definite object, or for the pleasure it gives. We consider any subject which is fairly brought before us; we ponder a concern involving great interests; we muse on the events of childhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To think; to deliberate; to muse; -- usually followed by on or over. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pondérabilité. ] The quality or state of being ponderable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ponderabilis: cf. F. pondérable. ] Capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight. -- Pon"der*a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Cf. F. pondéral. ] Estimated or ascertained by weight; -- distinguished from numeral; as, a ponderal drachma. [ R. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ponderans, p. pr. of ponderare to weigh: cf. OF. ponderant of weight. ] Weight; gravity. [ R. ] Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to weight; as, a ponderary system. [ R. ] M'Culloch. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To have weight or influence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ponderatus, p. p. of ponderare. See Ponder. ] To consider; to ponder. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ponderatio: cf. F. pondération. ] The act of weighing. [ R. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who ponders. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deliberating. -- Pon"der*ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. Ponderosities [ OF. ponderosité. ] The quality or state of being ponderous; weight; gravity; heaviness, ponderousness; as, the ponderosity of gold. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ponderosus, from pondus, -eris, a weight: cf. F. pondéreux. See Ponder. ] 1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sepulcher . . .
Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Important; momentous; forcible. “Your more ponderous and settled project.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Heavy; dull; wanting; lightless or spirit; as, a ponderous style; a ponderous joke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ponderous spar (Min.), heavy spar, or barytes. See Barite. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a ponderous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>v. t. To preponderate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. prépondérance. ] 1. The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mind should . . . reject or receive proportionably to the preponderancy of the greater grounds of probability. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a few weeks he had changed the relative position of all the states in Europe, and had restored the equilibrium which the preponderance of one power had destroyed. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gun.) The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praeponderans, -antis: cf. F. prépondérant. See Preponderate. ] Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant importance. -- Pre*pon"der*ant*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Preponderated p. pr. & vb. n. Preponderating. ] [ L. praeponderatus, p. p. of praeponderare; prae before + ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. See Ponder. ] 1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance. [ 1913 Webster ]

An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To overpower by stronger or moral power. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence, power, etc.; hence; to incline to one side; as, the affirmative side preponderated. [ 1913 Webster ]

That is no just balance in which the heaviest side will not preponderate. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a preponderating manner; preponderantly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praeponderatio. ] The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a preponderation of reasons. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]